Teachers gained from learning about AI applications
COL’s six-week self-paced course Introduction to AI is designed to introduce and explain many of the key concepts of AI and show learners how the tools are being used now and potentially in the future. The course offering includes an AI-driven helpdesk to assist learners with troubleshooting while navigating Moodle, the learning management system used for the course.
Information technology teacher Akeem Cyrus of Grenada has been interested in AI for over five years, having experienced a taste of it in China in 2017. Mr Cyrus has long searched for something self-paced and affordable and was curious when he saw the course flyer. He described the course as useful and discovered applications for AI in both of his professions: teaching and farming.
Since taking the course, he has seen numerous opportunities to integrate AI into his teaching, his students’ assignments and his farming. Akeem said he would also love to use AI to monitor his land, particularly when he cannot get on the ground daily. “The course opened my eyes to a few things that I never thought AI was a part of.”
Fellow learner and Science and Maths teacher in Seychelles, Vicky Aglae, found the course gave her more insight into how people can work with various types of AI.
She sees an opportunity to use AI to supplement her students’ learning, making the courses as entertaining and interesting as possible to keep her students engaged.
